Marking tag or ticket.



No 669,427. Patented Mar. 5, l90l.

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MARKING TAG 0R TICKET.

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No. 669,427. Patented Mar. 5, I90l.

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MARKING TAG 0R TICKET.

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UNET STATES GEORGE WV. MOGILL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MARKING TAG 0R TICKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,427, dated March 5,1901.

Application filed November 13, 1900. fierial No. 36,386- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. MCGILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,haveinvented new and useful I-mprovements in Marking Tags or Tickets,rofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to marking tags or tickets principally designedfor marking clothing, dry goods, and similar articles or textilematerials; and it has for its object to provide improved means forsecurely attaching the tags or tickets to the articles or goods to bemarked, the attaching devices being so constructed that the extent ofinsertion of the attaching-pins is accurately gaged or determined in theoperation of attaching the tag or ticket in such manner that the goodsor textile material will not be rumpled, puckered, or gathered.

It also has for its object to so construct the fastening device referredto that when the tags or tickets have been attached to the goods andfolded down in place the ends of the attaching pins or prongs will becovered, thereby concealing them from view and preventing them fromcatching in and defacing adjacent articles or adjacent portions of thegoods to which they are attached and from pricking the hands of thosehandling the goods.

To these ends myinvention consists in the features and in theconstruction and arrangement of the fastening devices hereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims following thedescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this speci fication, wherein-- Figure 1 is a view of thefastening device or pin before its attachment to the tag or ticket. Fig.2 is a longitudinal sectional view of my improved marking tag or ticketpartly constructed and showing the first step practiced in connectingthe attaching-pin to the tag or ticket proper. Fig. 3 is a similar viewof the completed device. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same. Fig.5 is an edge or side view showing the first step practiced in insertingthe pin in the fabric to be marked, the fabric being shown in section.Fig. 6 is a similar view showing the second step practiced in insertingthe pin in the fabric. Fig.

7 is a similarview showing the pin completely inserted in the fabric.Fig. 8 is a similar view showing the fourth step practiced in attachingthe tag or ticket, that part of the pin extending from the crook to itspoint being shown as pressed down flat on the upper surface of thepinned fabric. Fig. 9 is a similar view showing the fifth and final steppracticed in attaching the ticket to the fabricnamely, folding theticketed end of the pin down over its inserted and folded-over pointedend in such manner as to conceal and shield the latter. Fig. 10 is asimilar view showing the tag or ticket attached to the fabricandcovering and shielding the folded-over point of its attaching-pin. Fig.11 is a perspective view showing the tag or ticket attached to thefabric. Fig. 12 isa reverse or rearview of the parts shown in Fig. ll.Fig 13 is a perspective view of one of my improved marking tagsortickets, illustrating a slightly-modified form of the attachingdevice.

Referring to the drawings, wherein like numerals of reference indicatesimilar parts, the numeral 1 indicates the card, tag, or ticket, such asis usually employed for the purpose in hand, and which may be formed inthe manner and of the materials most suitable for the purpose for whichit is designed to be employed. A piece of wire 2 of suitable gage andductilityor pliability is cut to the proper length and is pointed at oneend to form a pin-point 3. The wire 2 at a suitable distance from thepin-point3is bent ordeflected to form a crook 4:, while the end oppositethe pin-point 3 is preferably left remaining blunt or unpointed, as at5. The wire 2 is attached to the card, tag, or ticket 1 by passing itsopposite end portions through said card, tag, or ticket, as shown inFig. 2, and is secured therein by folding or bending its blunt end 5down and around the end of the ticket and thence up against the underside of the latter, as best shown in Fig. 3. The pointed end of the wireis forced down fiat on the top surface of the ticket and is thenceextended laterally in the same plane with the ticket. This forms a mostconvenient and secure method of attaching the tag or ticket to thefastening-pin; but it will be readily understood that other means may beemployed for the purpose. The'crook 4; is formed in the pin 2 at such apoint that the distance be tween said crook and the pointed end of thepin shall be slightly less than the distance between said crook and theadjacent end or edge of the card or ticket to which the pin is attachedfor the purpose hereinafter made.

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The marking tag or ticket is attached to the goods or articles to bemarked as follows: The card or ticket being secured to the pin 2 in themanner described or in any other or preferred manner, the pointed end 3of the pin is inserted and forced down through the fabric 6 until itsfree passage therethrough is obstructed by the crook 4, as shown in Fig.5. The ticketed end of the pin is then lowered to the surface of thefabric, as shown Fig. 6, which operation or movement of the pin projectsthe point 3 of the latter up against the under surface of and into thefabric, as shown in the figure of drawings last referred to. The ticketand the attached pin are then forced forward until the crock 4 passesdown and up again through the fabric, as shown in Fig. 7, whichoperation threads or gathers upon the pin, between the crook 4 and theadjacent end or edge of the ticket, a spread of fabric equal to thelength of that part of the pin which is embraced between its point 8 andthe crook 4, which, being slightly shorter than the distance between thecrook and the adjacent end of the ticket, prevents a greater spread offabric being received on the pin than can be smoothly disposed on thelatter, thus preventing the puckering, gathering, or rumpling of thefabric on the pin between the end of the ticket and the crook. Thepointed end of the pin is next folded over and down upon the top surfaceof the fabric toward its ticketed end, as shown in Fig. 8, after whichthe ticketed end is folded down in the opposite direction over thepointed end of the pin, as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, concealing andshielding or protecting such pointed end with the tag or ticket proper,which latter is held in place over the pointed end of the pin owing tothe ductile or pliable nature or character of the wire of which the pinis formed.

The crook in the pin indicates to the user 1 during the operation ofinserting the latter the extent to which the pin should be inserted inthe fabric and when the ticketed end of the pin should be lowered tobring its point up against the undersurface of the fabric for its finalinsertion through the fabric, as indicated in Fig. 6, whereby the properlength or spread of the fabric to be pierced, pinned, or taken up orgathered upon the pin,as shown in Fig. 7, is indicated. The crook may beformed by bending the wire as shown in Fig. 1 or as illustrated in theother figures of the drawings, the particular configuration of the crooknot being essential, though I prefer the form shown in Figs. 2 to 13 asbeing the most convenient for the insertion of the pin and as beingproductive of the best results.

In Fig. 13 I have illustrated a slightly-modified form of fastening-pin.As shown in said figure,the wire is bent to form two parallel pins 2*,each provided at a suitable distance from its pointed end with a crook 4the two members of the pin being passed through the opposite ends of thetag or ticket, as shown, and its doubled end being bent to form a loop5, which is bent or folded down over the edge or end of the tag orticket and pressed firmly down thereon to securely attach the duplex pinto the said tag or ticket. The duplex pins are inserted in the fabricand the tag or I ticket folded down thereover to conceal and protect thepointed ends of the pins in the manner before described.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A tag or ticket havingattached thereto an approximatelystraight pin having a pointed end andprovided with a crook formed intermediate its free or pointed end andthe tag or ticket, substantially as described.

2. A tag or ticket having attached thereto an approximately straight pinhaving a pointed end and provided with a crook formed intermediate itsfree or pointed end and the tag or ticket, said crook being nearer thepointed end of the pin than the tag or ticket, substantiall y asdescribed.

3. A tag or ticket having attached thereto an approximately straight pinhaving a pointed end and provided with a crook formed intermediate itspointed end and the tag or ticket and nearersaid pointed end, the pointed end of the pin lying in the same plane with its ticketed end,substantially as described.

at. A tag or ticket having attached thereto a pin having a pointed endand provided with a crook, said pin extending longitudinally from oneedge of said tag or ticket in a plane parallel with the latter andprovided with a crook, the said crook being formed at a point slightlynearer the pointed end of the pin than the adjacent edge of the tag orticket, and the pointed end of the pin lying in the same plane with itsticketed end, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE w. MCGILL.

Witnesses:

W. HARRY MoGILL, THOMAS H. BAROWSKY.

